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u/Geographist · 14 pointsr/thalassophobia

There's a fantastic book written by a man who spent 76 days at sea. He floated in a raft, purifying water and eating what little fish he could catch.

At night, he couldn't see or hear the sharks. But he knew they were there from the hard bumps they'd give the raft.

No motor. No communication to anyone. Just endless black sea and sky, while sharks kept him up at night.

u/MikeBenza · 8 pointsr/sailing

I remember reading in Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea that people who are found used an average of 10 flares before they were sighted. So, way more flares.

And definitely a water distiller, or two.

u/Cdresden · 5 pointsr/suggestmeabook

Endurance by Alfred Lansing.

Adrift by Steven Callahan.

u/null_input · 3 pointsr/CasualConversation

I'm currently reading Adrift, the true story of a man who survived over a month at sea in a rubber raft!

I tend to go for interesting non-fiction books. I like history; last year I read a book about imperial Spain and one of my favorite books ever is The Rape of Nanking, about Japanese atrocities in China during WWII.

u/homedude · 3 pointsr/booksuggestions

Adrift. A fascinating (and true) story about being lost at sea for over 2 months in an inflatable life boat.

u/cloudcats · 3 pointsr/cringe

He's got a very interesting book about his experience, called Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea.

I highly recommend it if you like adventure/survival stories.

u/sticky-bit · 2 pointsr/Survival

https://www.amazon.com/Adrift-Seventy-six-Days-Lost-Sea/dp/0618257322

Here's a worldcat link, but check the author's name for other versions of the same book if you're looking to borrow a copy from a nearby library

https://www.worldcat.org/title/adrift-76-days-lost-at-sea/oclc/952379350&referer=brief_results

The guy would have never made it without fishing the little ecosystem that developed under his raft as he drifted across the Atlantic. Worth a read.

u/non4prophet · 2 pointsr/funny


[While my adult/geek self was equally pleased.] (http://i.imgur.com/nWxICmN.jpg)

I just started reading this book, Adrift, today.

u/bethyweasley · 2 pointsr/books

for non-fiction, may i suggest Adrift: 76 days lost at sea. true story written by the man who was adrift. i love it.

u/ebneter · 1 pointr/Survival

Survive the Savage Sea, despite its lurid title, and Adrift are two of the best sea survival stories I've ever read (non-fiction). Jungle is about a guy surviving in the same general area as Juliane Koepcke (although he didn't fall out of a plane...)

Can't find them right now, but Mawson's Will and any good book about Ernest Shackleton will get you going. Then there's Joe Simpson's Touching the Void. Oh, and Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls, a really good anthology.

...wow, I read a lot of survival stories.

u/YellowOrange · 1 pointr/sailing

Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea is also a great one. If you got frustrated watching All is Lost, you'll love reading Adrift.

u/WorldSailorToo · 1 pointr/sailing

Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea - not to scare you, rather to prepare you.

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/intj

Book recommendation: Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost At Sea by Steven Callahan.

Cuts right to the heart of things because it's not a metaphor.

Favorite quotes:

"At the beginning of my voyage, there was little distinction between my rational mind and the rest of me. My emotions were ruled by nearly instinctive training and my body did not complain about having to work. But the distinction between the parts of myself continues to grow sharper as the two-edged sword of existence cuts one or another of them more deeply each day. My emotions have been stressed to the point of breaking. The smallest things set me into a rage or a deep depression, or fill me with overwhelming compassion, especially for my fish. My body is now so beaten that it has trouble following my mind's commands. It wants only to rest and find relief from the pain. But rationally I have chosen not to use my first aid kit because it is small and I may need it more later if I am severely injured. Each decision like this by my mind comes at an increasing cost to the rest of my crew. I must coerce my emotions to kill in order to feed my body. I must coerce my arms and legs to perform in order to give myself a feeling of hope. I try to comply with contradictory demands, but I know the other parts of me have bent to my cold, hard rationalism as best they can. I am slowly losing the ability to command, and if it goes, I am lost. It becomes a problem that surpasses the constant apprehension of living on the edge. I carefully watch for signs of mutiny within myself."

"Survival is the play and I want the leading role."


u/firstroundko108 · 1 pointr/booksuggestions